Matt Emigholz wasn’t always an activist, but he’s glad that he’s one now. “This whole union thing wasn’t new to me; I was in a union before, but I wasn’t active,” says Emigholz, a mechanic for the Illinois Department of Transportation and area vice president of the Illinois Federation of Public Employees. His activism began with AFT mobilization training. “It pushed me to get involved,” he says. The anti-union actions of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner drove Emigholz to go even further.
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